Graffiti
After the riot, somebody sprayed graffiti that would make it into the history books. The Cape Times told it this way:
| “ | Graffiti artists at the weekend sprayed several Cape Town suburban railway stations with slogans reading: Release our leaders, Free our leaders, unban the ANC and Forward to purple people's power, -- a reference to the police use of purple dye in the water cannon directed against demonstrators.... | ” |
Another piece of anti-apartheid graffiti, "The purple shall govern", appeared on the old Townhouse in Greenmarket Square. The statement is play on words of the Freedom Charter's declaration that "The people shall govern".
The slogan was used as the title of a book, "The Purple shall govern: a South African A to Z of nonviolent action".
Read more about this topic: Purple Rain Protest